For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
Parade.
Any parade, march, ceremony, show, exhibition, pageant or procession of any kind, or any similar display, in or upon any street, park or other public place in the city.
Parade permit.
A permit as required by this article.
(Code 1964 § 7-4.101)
No person shall engage in, participate in, aid, form or start any parade, unless a parade permit shall have been obtained from the chief of police; except, that this article shall not apply to funeral processions.
(Code 1964 § 7-4.102)
A person seeking issuance of a parade permit shall file an application with the chief of police on forms provided by such officer.
(Code 1964 § 7-4.103)
An application for a parade permit shall be filed with the chief of police not less than forty-eight hours nor more than thirty days before the date on which it is proposed to conduct the parade.
(Code 1964 § 7-4.104)
The chief of police, where good cause is shown therefor, shall have the authority to consider and approve any application hereunder which is filed less than forty-eight hours before the date such parade is proposed to be conducted.
(Code 1964 § 7-4.105)
The application for a parade permit shall set forth the following information:
(a) 
The name, address and telephone number of the person seeking to conduct such parade.
(b) 
If the parade is proposed to be conducted for, on behalf of, or by an organization, the name, address and telephone number of the headquarters of the organization, and of the authorized and responsible heads of such organization.
(c) 
The name, address and telephone number of the person who will be the parade chairman and who will be responsible for its conduct.
(d) 
The date when the parade is to be conducted.
(e) 
The route to be traveled, the starting point and the termination point.
(f) 
The approximate number of persons who, and animals and vehicles which, will constitute such parade, the type of animals and description of the vehicles.
(g) 
The times when such parade will start and terminate.
(h) 
A statement as to whether the parade will occupy all or only a portion of the width of the streets proposed to be traversed.
(i) 
The location by streets of any assembly areas for such parade.
(j) 
The time at which units of the parade will begin to assemble at any such assembly area or areas.
(k) 
The interval of space to be maintained between units of such parade.
(l) 
If the parade is designed to be held by, and on behalf of or for, any person other than the applicant, the applicant for such permit shall file with the chief of police a communication in writing from the person proposing to hold the parade, authorizing the applicant to apply for the permit on his behalf.
(m) 
Any additional information which the chief of police shall find reasonably necessary to a fair determination as to whether a permit should issue.
(Code 1964 § 7-4.106)
The chief of police shall issue a permit as provided for under this article when, from a consideration of the application and from such other information as may otherwise be obtained, he or she finds that.
(a) 
The conduct of the parade will not substantially interrupt the safe and orderly movement of other traffic contiguous to its route.
(b) 
The concentration of persons, animals and vehicles to assembly points of the parade will not unduly interfere with proper fire and police protection of, or ambulance service to, areas contiguous to such assembly areas.
(c) 
The conduct of such parade will not interfere with the movement of fire fighting equipment en route to a fire.
(d) 
The conduct of the parade is not reasonably likely to cause injury to persons or property, to provoke disorderly conduct or create a disturbance.
(e) 
The parade is scheduled to move from its point of origin to its point of termination expeditiously and without unreasonable delays en route.
(Code 1964 § 7-4.107)
The chief of police shall act upon the application for a parade permit within twenty-four hours after the filing thereof. If the chief of police disapproves the application, he or she shall mail to the applicant within three days after the date upon which the application was filed, a notice of his action, stating the reasons for his or her denial of the permit.
(Code 1964 § 7-4.108)
Each parade permit shall state the following information:
(a) 
Starting time.
(b) 
Minimum speed.
(c) 
Maximum speed.
(d) 
Maximum interval of space to be maintained between the units of the parade.
(e) 
The portions of the streets to be traversed that may be occupied by the parade.
(f) 
The maximum length of the parade in miles or fractions thereof.
(g) 
Such other information as the chief of police shall find necessary to the enforcement of this article.
(Code 1964 § 7-4.112)
The chief of police shall have the authority to revoke a parade permit issued under this article upon application of the standards for issuance as set forth in this article.
(Code 1964 § 7-4.116)
The chief of police, in denying an application for a parade permit, shall be empowered to authorize the conduct of the parade on a date, at a time or over a route different from that named by the applicant. An applicant desiring to accept an alternate permit shall, within five days after notice of the action of the chief of police, file a written notice of acceptance with the chief of police. An alternate parade permit shall conform to the requirements of, and shall have the effect of a parade permit under this article.
(Code 1964 § 7-4.110)
Any person aggrieved shall have the right to appeal the denial of a parade permit to the city council. The appeal must be taken within ten days after notice. The city council shall act at its next meeting.
(Code 1964 § 7-4,109)
A permittee under this article shall comply with all permit directions and conditions and with all applicable laws and ordinances and the parade chairman or other person heading or leading such activity shall carry the parade permit upon his person during the conduct of the parade.
(Code 1964 § 7-4.113)
(a) 
No person shall unreasonably hamper, obstruct or impede or interfere with any parade or parade assembly or with any person, vehicle or animal participating or used in a parade and no driver of a vehicle shall drive between the vehicles or persons comprising a parade when such vehicles or persons are in motion and are conspicuously designated as a parade. Conduct prohibited under this section includes the propulsion, release or throwing of any object towards any person, vehicle or animal participating or used in a parade without the person's express consent.
(b) 
A violation of subsection (a) of this section shall constitute an infraction, punishable in accordance with the punishments prescribed for an infraction in Government Code Section 36900 and may also be punishable by confiscation of the object used in violation of this section at the scene of the infraction.
(Code 1964 § 7-4.114; Ord. 2164 § 2, 2005)
The chief of police shall have the authority, when reasonably necessary, to prohibit or restrict the parking of vehicles along a highway or part thereof constituting a part of the route of a parade. The chief of police shall post signs to such effect, and it shall be unlawful for any person to park or leave unattended any vehicle in violation thereof.
(Code 1964 § 7-4.115)